diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/__init__.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/__init__.py
index 8de2cf9599fd..007b65e65e87 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 if not check_codec("zlib"):
     raise Exception(
         "FATAL: zip codec not supported. Install pillow correctly! "
-        " 'sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev' then 'pip uninstall pillow &&"
+        " 'sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev' then 'pip uninstall pillow &&"
         " pip install pillow --user'"
     )